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Benefits:
ÂŁ: Competitive salary
Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
6 times salary âLife Assuranceâ with pension
25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
Car/Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
Private Medical Insurance - dependant on grade
Work Culture
37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
About us
At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.
Our Business
Our ATMS business has heritage in the development, manufacture, sustainment and support of secondary surveillance radar technology. Out technology is relied upon to marshal more than two-thirds of the worldâs air traffic due to its precision accuracy and ability to detect aircraft even within the most crowded airspace. Designed and manufactured in the UK, our products are exported globally to RTX customers in more than 45 countries.
About the role
Supporting our key Mk3 and next generation products, this role will provide support to the ATMS System Design Authority and Systems Engineering Lead with the development of test scenario definitions, conduct of functional system test, supporting off-site test house activities, generation of technical procedures and reports, participation in engineering design reviews and response to customer technical requests.
The role will involve working in a highly technical environment, supporting the team as well as working autonomously, laboratory work will be involved for product testing.
Required experience
Desirable experience
RTX
Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Introduction
Saab UK is part of Scandinaviaâs largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.
What you will be part of
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.
Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.
Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.
Purpose of the Role
The QA Engineer is responsible for supporting the planning, design and execution of testing activities across software solutions, ensuring that features, configurations and integrations meet quality standards before deployment to customer environments.
The role works closely with development and test teams to ensure solutions are thoroughly tested, fit for purpose and ready for operational use within mission-critical environments.
This role will be operating as a subject matter expert (SMEs) within the telephony product area, supporting the development, integration and release of telephony capabilities.
Product Quality Ownership
Test Environment Management
Test Design & Execution
Regression & Product Testing
Delivery Support
By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.
Company Highlights:
Essential Skills & Experience
Even If you feel like you donât meet every requirement, we encourage you to reach out and apply.
Introduction
Saab UK is part of Scandinaviaâs largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.
What you will be part of
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.
Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.
Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations
Purpose of the Role
The QA Engineer is responsible for supporting the planning, design and execution of testing activities across software solutions, ensuring that features, configurations and integrations meet quality standards before deployment to customer environments.
The role works closely with development and test teams to ensure solutions are thoroughly tested, fit for purpose and ready for operational use within mission-critical environments.
This role will be supporting new customer implementations and new product delivery projects.
Early Lifecycle Involvement
Test Environment Support
Test Design & Execution
Regression Testing
Formal Test Phases
By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.
Role Title: QA Automation Test Engineer
Duration: contract to run until 30/09/2026
Location: Mainly remote odd day in London for workshops
Rate: up to 483 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Clearance required: SC eligible, 5 years in the UK and less that 28 days outside of the UK
Role purpose / summary
Skilled QA automation Engineer to design, build and execute selenium-based load-testing scripts to validate PowerBI Fabric capacity and Visualisation performance, scalability, and reliability and develop regression test scripts.
The role involves modelling user behaviour at scale, automating test scenarios, and ensuring Fabric-backed workloads perform optimally under expected and peak usage conditions.
Key Responsibilities:
Load Test Script Development
Performance & Capacity Testing
Framework & Tool Integration
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
Soft Skills
Strong attention to details and analytical thinking
Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
Clear communicator able to articulate findings to engineering, delivery manager and leadership teams
Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in cross-functional environment
Microsoft Power BI performance testing desirable
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
Salary:
As a Junior Software Engineer you will be responsible for delivering well-defined small technical tasks with the support of other engineers. You will write high-quality code and test this code thoroughly, producing documentation such as code comments in the scope of your work. You will work alongside senior engineers to participate in code reviews and learn further practices.
Desirable Skills & Experience
Weâre a UK-based digital bank dedicated to getting the basics right and offering straightforward savings and mortgages
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Job Title: Senior Software Engineer in Test Type: Inside IR35 Contract Rate: ÂŁ600-ÂŁ650 per day Duration: 6 months minimum (likely to extend) Location: London - 3 days on site (Canary Wharf) A large fintech business are looking for a senior-level quality engineer with a strong software engineering mindset to help shape and safeguard new UI and platform capabilities across complex workflow-driven systems on a contract-basis. This role sits embedded within product engineering, operating in a shared ownership model alongside Java and React developers, with a heavy emphasis on automation. What youâll be doing Building and maintaining automated coverage across the stack, from APIs through to user journeys, using established internal tooling and frameworks. Evolving existing test frameworks where required, while staying aligned with core engineering standards. Working closely with frontend and backend engineers to ensure critical paths are well understood, well tested, and production-ready. Participating in code and design discussions with a quality-first lens across the full delivery lifecycle. Applying targeted exploratory testing early, where automation is still catching up with new functionality. Ensuring automated testing is a first-class citizen within CI/CD, enabling fast and reliable releases. Validating business-critical workflows within post-trade / collateral-style domains, where correctness really matters.What we expect A solid engineering foundation, backed by significant hands-on experience in test automation. Deep familiarity with Java or JavaScript/TypeScript-based automation, including modern UI and API testing approaches. Comfort working across React-based front ends, RESTful services, and distributed architectures. Experience operating in environments without a dedicated QA function, where quality is owned collectively. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate clearly with engineers and stakeholders alike.Bonus points for Exposure to cloud-native platforms (particularly AWS). Working knowledge of containerised environments. Experience with performance or resilience testing. Familiarity with workflow engines, event-driven systems, or highly distributed platforms Please note that you must be located in/around London and have UK right to work to be considered for this position - thank you
Mobile QA Engineer - London, Hybrid A major banking company is looking for a Mobile QA Engineer with 4+ years of experience to work on award winning mobile applications (#1 in JD Power 2021 Mobile App survey) that will be used by tens of millions of our client's cardholders around the world. They want someone with strong technical skills and creativity. Should enjoy solving tough problems and working with new technologies. You should not be shy about sharing your ideas and be obsessive about user experience and high quality. Youâll be part of the Mobile Engineering team whose mandate is to develop new products and platforms for our client's customers. Mobile Engineeringâs aim is to build interactive experiences at all touch points of a consumer's journey whether before, at, or after the time of purchase. NO SPONSORSHIP - Must have the right to work in the UK Skills & Responsibilities (if this is not demonstrated in your CV you will not be considered for the role) ⢠Execute functional and automated tests to verify the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of functionality. ⢠Contribute to the development and enhancement of UI automated testing frameworks built on Espresso (Android) and XCUITest (iOS). ⢠Analyse requirements and determine technical feasibility for Automation. ⢠Usage of AI tools to improve QA processes (Claude, Github Copilot etc.) ⢠Contribute to PR reviews, submit PRs, and contribute to the goal of 100% regression automation readiness. ⢠Develop and maintain robust, scalable, reusable automated test scripts across applications. Skills Quality assurance Automation API testing Kotlin Job Title: QA Engineer Location: London, UK Job Type: Contract Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. (phone number removed). Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at (url removed)> To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to (url removed)> We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at (url removed)/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield
This job is with State Street, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork â the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
Role Summary :
We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join our Digital Asset development team. This is a handsâon quality engineering role responsible for designing, executing, and maintaining automated and manual tests for backend and APIâdriven systems in a financial services environment. The role focuses on ensuring the reliability, correctness, and security of software that suppors businessâcritical workflows. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build robust, scalable, and secure digital asset products that meet our business and technical requirements.
Role Description :
Design, develop, and execute automated test cases for APIs and backend services supporting financial services applications.
Create and maintain test artefacts including test plans, test cases, and test execution evidence in line with enterprise QA processes.
Perform functional, integration, and regression testing to validate service behaviour, error handling, and edge cases.
Validate data accuracy and integrity across system boundaries, ensuring consistent results for financial and transactional data.
Work closely with developers during sprint cycles to clarify acceptance criteria, identify defects early, and support defect triage and resolution.
Contribute automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support test execution as part of build and release processes.
Support production readiness activities, including smoke testing, release validation, and documentation required for goâlive approvals.
Core/Must have skills :
Handsâon experience as a QA Automation Engineer or QA Engineer in financial services or other regulated environments .
Experience testing REST APIs and backend services , including request/response validation and negative/error scenarios.
Working knowledge of test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., API automation, backend test frameworks, or UI automation where applicable).
Understanding of QA practices across the SDLC , including Agile delivery, defect management, and regression testing.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to clearly document test results and defects.
Good to have skills :
Exposure to microservices or containerized applications , and testing services deployed in cloudâbased environments.
Experience contributing automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and working alongside DevOps teams.
Familiarity with nonâfunctional testing concepts such as performance, resilience, and reliability in financial systems.
Digital asset knowledge: awareness of concepts such as custody, tokenization, wallets, or blockchainâadjacent workflows sufficient to understand domain terminology and test scenarios.
Experience working with enterprise tooling for test management, documentation, and collaboration (e.g., Jiraâbased workflows).
About State Street Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, youâll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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Profit-sharing, a good salary package and employee councils and working groups. They take care of their employees, and their engineers have clout. Theyâre working on driving forwards automation, including implementing agentic workflows.
Theyâre looking for a Software Test Engineer to help drive forward software automation for their software-driven electronics.
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Are you looking for a Test Engineer role where you can develop your skills working on complex, high-value scientific equipment? This is a great opportunity to join a specialist engineering business where youâll work alongside experienced engineers in a supportive and technically driven environment.
This company designs and manufactures advanced scientific systems and is continuing to grow due to increasing demand. As a Test Engineer, youâll play a key role in ensuring product quality while gaining exposure to cutting-edge technology and international projects.
Your Role as a Test Engineer:
Testing a wide range of scientific instruments
Working to defined test schedules and specification
Completing Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT)
Fault-finding and diagnosing technical issues
Supporting packing and preparation of systems
Liaising with customers and supporting training on systems
The Successful Test Engineer Will Have:
Strong mechanical skills
Good troubleshooting and fault-finding ability
Analytical mindset with attention to detail
Engineering or Physics degree or experience with low-temperature systems is desirable.
Ability to commute to the Acton area
Please apply or contact Rebecka for immediate consideration.
This vacancy is being advertised by Future Engineering Recruitment Ltd. The services of Future Engineering Recruitment Ltd are that of an Employment Agency.
Please visit our website at (url removed) to view other positions we are currently handling.
Future Engineering Recruitment Ltd can only accept applications from candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom. Applications from candidates without this right will not be processed.
We will endeavour to respond to all applicants; however, due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Outside IR35, London, West Midlands, Test Manager, Salesforce, Test Strategy, Test planning, Salesforce Integration, UAT planning,Test Execution Experience, Sales and Marketing Cloud, Flexibility to travel
My leading client is looking for an experienced hands on Salesforce Test Manager to create the Test Strategy and Test planning for an exciting implementation of Salesforce, which is in an enhancement cycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Requirements
This is an immediate role, so you must be available to start ASAP please share you details
We are looking for a Test Analyst with experience in SAP HCM and Finance modules, along with hands-on experience using testing tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, or similar platforms.
Contract Duration: 3 to 4 months
Experience:
Technical Skills:
Soft Skills:
Preferred Qualifications:
Ready to keep quality at the heart of projects with impact?
Do you want to make a real impact by ensuring quality in services? Are you ready to grow your skills in a supportive, knowledge-sharing community where you can achieve your potential?
Weâre a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Quality Assurance consultant, youâll ensure that quality assurance is considered from the start through testing, questioning and improving. Youâll apply your adaptability and communication skills across a variety of projects, working with a vibrant QA community that champions learning and knowledge sharing.
The role
Youâll work on public and private sector projects. Youâll likely be working as a lead software quality engineer on internal and client-facing projects, contributing to the leadership of teams.
Leading by example and promoting the Opencast approach, youâll support colleagues to develop knowledge and work through challenges in all testing types. Youâll decide the best thing for your team to be working on. Youâll collaborate with team members, clients and users to ensure that high quality is maintained and best practices are followed throughout the project. Youâll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best ones to use.
Youâll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencastâs quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.
Requirements
Due to the nature of this role, applicants must either currently hold active Security Check (SC) Clearance or be eligible to obtain it.
Eligibility typically requires UK citizenship and continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. As a result, we are unable to progress applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements.
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you must have experience working as a lead software tester on multiple complex projects and have a good understanding of what it means to be a senior consultant.
In your CV and at interview, youâll need to show experience of:
⢠Your working area and how you apply this to your role
⢠Functional and non-functional automation testing using Playwright with Typescript
⢠Creating test documentation
⢠Resolving complex issues and presenting findings to stakeholders
⢠Creating tasks from high-level requirements
⢠Defect triage
Youâll need a good understanding of:
basic principles of programming paradigms, such as object-orientated programming and procedural programming
the concepts and benefits of OAT testing.
As well as QA skills, there are essential core skills youâll need to be a great consultant.
In the interview, we will assess how you have:
⢠Demonstrated strong attention to detail and focus on high-quality outcomes
⢠Took a methodical approach to resolving complex problems
⢠Respectfully challenged decisions or solutions when necessary
⢠Communicated effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
⢠Proactively sought solutions to mitigate risk
⢠Raised risks and issues using the appropriate tools and processes
⢠Built strong working relationships and successfully resolved conflicts
⢠Led project meetings and actively contributed to workshops and events
Desirable experience
Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:
⢠UK government service standards
Salary
Senior consultant salary range: ÂŁ56,001-ÂŁ60,000 per annum
What we offer
A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options and a discretionary bonus. Youâll also benefit from flexible working hours (aligned to client commitments), 25 daysâ holiday, and access to 3 annual âlife happensâ days to support unexpected situations. We also offer wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team.
Where youâll work
This role requires regular on-site attendance across our HQ, hub offices, client sites and home. Applicants must be able to commute to offices and client sites as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Weâre happy to make adjustments to support your needs.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com
We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.
Ready to keep quality at the heart of projects with impact?
Do you want to make a real impact by ensuring quality in services? Are you ready to grow your skills in a supportive, knowledge-sharing community where you can achieve your potential?
Weâre a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Quality Assurance consultant, youâll ensure that quality assurance is considered from the start through testing, questioning and improving. Youâll apply your adaptability and communication skills across a variety of projects, working with a vibrant QA community that champions learning and knowledge sharing.
The role
Youâll work on public and private sector projects. You may be the sole software quality engineer on a project or work in a team.
Leading by example and promoting the Opencast approach, youâll work in an agile environment across all testing types. Youâll collaborate with team members, clients and users to maintain quality and follow best practice. Youâll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best and mentoring junior colleagues.
Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.
Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you must have experience working as the sole software test engineer on a team.
In your CV and at interview, youâll need to show experience of:
⢠writing, running and debugging functional automation tests on an integrated development environment (IDE) for front-end and API testing and frameworks like Cucumber BDD or Junit
⢠Recent hands on experience with Java and Selenium.
⢠presenting work to stakeholders
⢠managing defects and tasks through to resolution
⢠creating user stories and technical tasks from high-level requirements
⢠version control tools like git and peer review processes
⢠creating test plans and reports
⢠participating in E2E and UAT.
Youâll need a good understanding of:
⢠your working area and applying this to your role
⢠concepts and benefits of non-functional testing
⢠continuous integration tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI or CircleCI
⢠basic principles of programming paradigms, such as object-orientated and procedural programming
As well as QA skills, there are essential core skills youâll need to be a great consultant.
In the interview, we will assess how you have:
⢠organised your workload to ensure youâre completing tasks efficiently to ensure quality is unaffected
⢠strong attention to detail
⢠a methodical approach to resolving complex problems
⢠respectfully challenged decisions or solutions
⢠communicated with technical and non-technical people
⢠been proactive and taken the initiative in seeking solutions to mitigate risk
⢠raised risks and issues through the correct tools.
Other helpful experience
Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:
⢠UK government service standards
⢠agile methodology.
If you donât have experience, we can coach you if you join us.
Salary
Consultant salary range: ÂŁ44,001 â ÂŁ52,000 per annum
What we offer
A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options and a discretionary bonus. Youâll also benefit from flexible working hours (aligned to client commitments), 25 daysâ holiday, and access to 3 annual âlife happensâ days to support unexpected situations. We also offer wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team.
Where youâll work
This role requires regular on-site attendance across our HQ, hub offices, client sites and home. Applicants must be able to commute to offices and client sites as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Weâre happy to make adjustments to support your needs.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com
We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.
Do you want to make a real impact by ensuring quality in services? Are you ready to grow your skills in a supportive, knowledge-sharing community where you can achieve your potential?
Weâre a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. As a Quality Assurance consultant, youâll ensure that quality assurance is considered from the start through testing, questioning and improving. Youâll apply your adaptability and communication skills across a variety of projects, working with a vibrant QA community that champions learning and knowledge sharing.
The Role
Youâll work on public and private sector projects. Youâll likely be working as a lead software quality engineer on internal and client-facing projects, contributing to the leadership of teams.
Leading by example and promoting the Opencast approach, youâll support colleagues to develop knowledge and work through challenges in all testing types. Youâll decide the best thing for your team to be working on. Youâll collaborate with team members, clients and users to ensure that high quality is maintained and best practices are followed throughout the project. Youâll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best ones to use.
Youâll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencastâs quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.
Requirements
Due to the nature of this role, applicants must either currently hold active Security Check (SC) Clearance or be eligible to obtain it.
Eligibility typically requires UK citizenship and continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. As a result, we are unable to progress applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements.
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you must have experience working as a lead software tester on multiple complex projects and have a good understanding of what it means to be a senior consultant.
In your CV and at interview, youâll need to show experience of:
⢠Your working area and how you apply this to your role
⢠Functional and non-functional automation testing using Playwright with Typescript
⢠Creating test documentation
⢠Resolving complex issues and presenting findings to stakeholders
⢠Creating tasks from high-level requirements
⢠Defect triage
Youâll need a good understanding of:
As well as QA skills, there are essential core skills youâll need to be a great consultant.
In the interview, we will assess how you have:
⢠Demonstrated strong attention to detail and focus on high-quality outcomes
⢠Took a methodical approach to resolving complex problems
⢠Respectfully challenged decisions or solutions when necessary
⢠Communicated effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
⢠Proactively sought solutions to mitigate risk
⢠Raised risks and issues using the appropriate tools and processes
⢠Built strong working relationships and successfully resolved conflicts
⢠Led project meetings and actively contributed to workshops and events
Desirable experience
Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:
⢠UK government service standards
Salary
Senior consultant salary range: ÂŁ56,001-ÂŁ68,000